The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

spoons · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject:

This memorial is in need of some repairs, I believe that the RBL are trying to get the council moving on this with support from the War Memorials Trust. This article in the Annandale Herald and Moffat News of 10 Nov 2011.

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:01 am Post subject: Sgt. John Graham

Name: GRAHAM, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 21/12/1914
Service No: 9822
Additional information: Son of John and Mary Graham, of Moffat, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 37 and 38.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL

DelBoy · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:30 pm Post subject: Pte. Frank Grindall

WW1
KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Grindall, Pte. F.

Also on the memorial at Motherwell.

(Glasgow Herald 3rd May 1915)
"Private Frank Grindall, of the K.O.S. Borderers, was killed in action on April 18. He was 27 years of age, and had served nine years with the Scottish Borderers, and previous to joining the Army was employed by the Caledonian Railway Company as driver of the parcel delivery van at Moffat. This is the second Moffat man who has been killed in action".

CWGC
GRINDALL, F
Rank: Private
Service No: 7776
Date of Death: 18/04/1915
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 22.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: GRINDALL
Firstname: Frank
Service Number: 7776
Date Death: 18/04/1915
Place of birth: Dalziel Lanark
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Rank: Pte
Theatre of death:F.& F.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:50 pm Post subject:

It seems that D&G Council has some kind of plan to increase the number of car parking places in the vicinity of the memorial.
http://www.itv.com/news/border/story/2013-06-24/former-servicemen-campaign-for-war-memorial/
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Ken

spoons · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:24 pm Post subject:

Moffat is to receive £1700 towards repairs to the memorial in addition to £5000 already raised locally.

http://youtu.be/sOpIbs8Pm3w - should be up in about 30 minutes from now.

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DelBoy · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:39 pm Post subject: Pte. Frank Cranston

WW1
CAMERON HRS.
Cranston, Pte. F.

(Glasgow Herald 28th June 1915)
"Private F. Cranston, of the 2nd Cameron Highlanders, has been reported missing. Private Cranston, who is a son of Mrs Cranston, Annanside, Moffat, has been for eight years in the Camerons, and prior to the outbreak of hostilities was in India on foreign service."

CWGC
CRANSTON, FRANK
Rank: Private
Service No: 7775
Date of Death: 10/05/1915
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 38 and 40.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: CRANSTON
Forename: Frank
Rank: Pte
Service number: 7775
Place of birth: Cambuslang Lanarkshire
Date of death: 10 May 1915
Theatre of death: F&F
Cause of death: Died of wounds.
SNWM roll: THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Other detail: 2nd Bn.

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:35 pm Post subject:

This was one of the memorials which was awarded a renovation grant on 20th February through the Scottish Government's Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund:

Moffat, High Street, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway (WM3814): Grant offer £1,728

Water is getting into the memorial through gaps left by cracks or missing mortar. In addition, the corrosion of the internal fixings of bronze finial and the bronze itself have combined to leave the memorial in a ‘Poor’ condition.

The grant offered will support works which include the removal of cracked or missing mortar joints and the re-pointing of the memorial using a lime mortar. The bronze finial is to be cleaned and treated and the internal fixings are to be replaced in stainless steel to ensure the finial is secured.

Details of memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/141351

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:54 pm Post subject:

The repairs to the War Memorial have now been completed.

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject:

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:57 pm Post subject:

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:58 pm Post subject:

jrah60 · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:59 pm Post subject:

John

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:56 pm Post subject:

MILLIGAN, J G.
Rank:Private
Service No:22926
Date of Death:11/06/1918
Age:26
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 10th Bn.
Grave Reference:E. 3.
Cemetery:ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY EXTENSION, FREVENT
Additional Information:Son of George and Grace Milligan, of Claunch, Sorbie, Wigtownshire. Born at Culbae, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire.

John George Milligan had been a policeman with Dumfriesshire Constabulary since May 1913 and had served in Dumfries, Lochmaben and Eastriggs. He was in Moffat when he enlisted in February 1916. He was mobilised in November 1917 and joined his battalion in France in March 1918. John died of his wounds in the 19th Casualty Clearing Station in Frevent.
Born 1892 at Culbae, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire. Son of George and Grace (Paterson) Milligan, of Claunch Farm, Sorbie.
He is named on the Upper Sorbie District memorial in Sorbie Village and on the Sorbie Parish memorial in Garlieston.
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Ken

A Beattie

The Glasgow Herald, Tuesday, 11th December, 1917.
"Deaths on Service.
TORRANCE.- Killed in action on 23rd November, 1917, Sergt. Leonard Torrance, aged 23, Machine Gun Corps, beloved second son of J. and H. Torrance, Wanlock House, Moffat.,"

SNWM - WW1
Surname TORRANCE
Forename Leonard
Rank Sgt
Service number 1864
Decoration
Place of birth Moffat Dumfries
Date of death 23 November 1917
Theatre of death Palestine
Cause of death Killed in action
SNWM roll THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES)
Unit name Unknown Unit attached to THE CAMERONIANS SCOTTISH RIFLES
Other detail latterly 48232 Machine Gun Corps (Inf.)

CWGC - TORRANCE, Leonard
Rank: Serjeant.
Service No: 48232.
Date of Death: 23/11/1917. Age: 23.
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 156th Coy.
Grave Reference: K. 96.
Cemetery: JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Harriet Torrance, of 2, Durban Place, Well Rd., Moffat, Dumfriesshire.

Headstone schedules record Mr. J. A. Torrance at address stated above.
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Andrew.

anne park · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:24 pm Post subject: John Limond Pte GH

John Limond Pte S/40808 6th Gordon Highlanders b Ayr e Glasgow Died of Wounds F&F 31/12/1917 St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Fr 0146 Block P Plot V Row L Grave 01A
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